Nana Patole

Nana Patole (born 5 June 1963) is an Indian politician and a member of the Indian National Congress Party and the President of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee since 2021.^[1][2][3]

Nana Patole
28th President of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee
In office 5 February 2021 – 13 February 2025
National President Indian National Congress	Sonia Gandhi Mallikarjun Kharge
Preceded by	Balasaheb Thorat
Succeeded by	Harshwardhan Vasantrao Sapkal
15th Speaker of the House Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
In office 2 December 2019 – 4 February 2021
Governor	Bhagat Singh Koshyari
Deputy	Zirwal Narhari Sitaram
Chief Minister	Uddhav Thackeray
Leader of the House	Uddhav Thackeray
Preceded by	Haribhau Bagade
Succeeded by	Zirwal Narhari Sitaram (Acting)
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 October 2019
Preceded by	Rajesh Lahanu Kashiwar
Constituency	Sakoli
In office 27 November 2009 – 19 October 2014
Preceded by	Sevakbhau Nirdhanji Waghaye (Patil)
Succeeded by	Rajesh Lahanu Kashiwar
Constituency	Sakoli
In office 1999–2009
Preceded by	Kapgate Dayaram Maroti
Succeeded by	Abolished
Constituency	Lakhandur Assembly Constituency
Member of Parliament Lok Sabha
In office 19 May 2014 – 31 May 2018
Preceded by	Praful Patel
Succeeded by	Madhukar Kukde
Constituency	Bhandara–Gondiya
Personal details
Born	Nana Falgunrao Patole (1963-06-05) 5 June 1963 (age 62) Bhandara, Maharashtra, India
Political party	INC (1999–2014; 2018–Present)
Other political affiliations	BJP (2014–2017)
Spouse	Mangla Patole
Children	3
Residence(s)	Sukli, Sakoli, Bhandara, Maharashtra, India
Education	Post Graduate
Occupation	Maharashtra Politician
Profession	Politician
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Early life

Nana Patole was born on June 5, 1963, in Gondia, Maharashtra to Falgunrao Patole and Mirabai Patole.^[4] His father worked as an agricultural officer, while his mother was a housewife. Patole completed his primary education in Sakoli and pursued his secondary and higher secondary education in schools in Gondia and Chandrapur.^[5][6] He completed his college education BA from Manoharbhai Patel College (MBPC) in Sakoli, Maharashtra.^[7][8]

He focused on the issues faced by farmers and marginalized communities. In response to the government's Forest-Land Act, Patole organized an anti-encroachment march on September 5, 2022 and was detained and later went on hunger strike in jail to seek justice.^[9][10] Later government suspended the encroachment removal program.^{[10][11][12][13]}

He takes the credit on completion of Durgabai Doh dam project on the Chulband River, which began in 1995 and was finished in 2015, providing irrigation to 9,634 hectares of farmland and benefiting multiple villages.^[14]

Political career

As a member of Indian National Congress party, he served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for Lakhandur Assembly constituency after delimitation he served as member of Sakoli from 2009. He also held the position of Leader of the Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for a short term. In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, he contested as the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from Bhandara–Gondiya Lok Sabha constituency and secured victory, defeating then Union Minister Praful Patel of Nationalist Congress Party by a margin of 149,254 votes.^[15] In 2018, Patole resigned from his Lok Sabha membership by submitting his resignation letter to Speaker Sumitra Mahajan and subsequently rejoined the Indian National Congress.^{[16][17][18][19][20][21][22]}

Positions held

• 1990 : Bhandara Zilla Parishad Member from Sangadi Zilla Parishad Constituency, Bhandara district.

• 1998 – 1999 - Patole was elected as an MLA from Lakhandur Assembly Constituency.

• 2004 – Elected as an MLA for the second time.

• 2008 - Patole resigned from the Congress Party and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.

• 2014 - He was elected as MP in 16- Bhandara-Gondia Lok Sabha Constituency.

• 2014 - He was a member of the Standing Committee on Science and Technology and Environment and Forests.

• 2015 to 2017 - Member of the Railway Convention Committee (RCC) and a member of the Advisory Committee in the Ministry of Agriculture.

• 2017 - He resigned from Lok Sabha Membership and Bharatiya Janata Party due to controversy over issues of farmers and other backward classes.

• 2018 – He was appointed President of all India Kisan Congress. ^[23]

• 2019- He was promoted to the post of Assembly Speaker.

• 2021- appointed the President of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee.^[24][25]
• 2024- Elected as an MLA^[26][27]